In:
The Public Historian, University of California Press, Vol. 40, No. 1 ( 2018-02-01), p. 105-114
Abstract:
Five collections and exhibitions professionals from the Orange County Regional History Center, a history museum located in downtown Orlando, Florida, reveal their experiences developing the One Orlando Collection in the wake of the June 12, 2016, Pulse Nightclub massacre. Within days of the event, they began to collect thousands of Pulse-related objects left at public memorials or donated to the museum. Examining the origins of the project through the challenges of field collection, the effect the team’s work had on the community, decisions around exhibiting collected objects, and the professional and emotional impacts the job had on the team, this article suggests what other museum professionals in similar situations may be faced with should the unimaginable happen.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0272-3433
,
1533-8576
DOI:
10.1525/tph.2018.40.1.105
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of California Press
Publication Date:
2018
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2054949-0
SSG:
7,26
SSG:
8
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